Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 11/16/2006 10:35:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
cj@... writes:

"When we  had those black and white prints laid out in NY to 
judge ink/driver  differences, I guess about 6 of the guys 
printed the same image using  Studio Print and Piezotone 
quads or Cone K7 inks. They all looked good and  quite smooth, 
but the phrase I used at that time to describe Tylers three  
prints was - Three Dimensional...That comes in part from a 
great rip  and the knowledge to use it effectively..."




Clayton:
I'm going to weigh in on this one, even though I am just an old retired  
photographer who hasn't got a clue what all the highly technical guys are doing  
with TIL, dot size, and the complete range of esoteric print values they  are 
mastering. I will never be that conversant with the digital printing  process.
 
Those prints were intriguing to me. We all looked at each others prints and  
had different takes on the different interpretations of local and over-all  
contrasts rendered. 
I looked at one of Tyler's prints and my spontaneous remark was "it looks  
like he used some 12 year old bourbon in one of the slots".
 
Tyler's comments were to the effect that he used 5, 6 and I think 7 blacks  
with a variety of partitions. Not knowing WTF that all meant, I settled for the 
 bourbon.
 
The prints had a glow in areas (the original image was fairly flat sand  
cliffs) that made the appearance of having dimension and roundness.
 
Personally, I had the conceptual disadvantage of having travelled  to  Mali 
and having seen the sand of the Sahara. I think this speaks to the  
photographic vision we carry with us into the darkroom, dry or wet, when we play  with 
our visualization of the negative or file.
 
Interesting enough, Evan"s print from a 2400 ABW (w/o RIP) was really  good.
 
I hope some of the other participants will jump in on this, because it IS a  
very significant step in all our learning curves in our common struggle with 
the  manufacturing limits we are trying to overcome. 
 
I asked Tyler about his ink partitioning on this forum, but he didn't  
respond. Maybe it was Scotch after all. <g>
 
Richard (Brooklyn)


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